Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
13.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 10PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141414141414131313131313161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21521126426025318317817917512912912912712585848490127127127127129132
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
NE
0
NNE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.91
1:24AM
1.39
5:19PM
0.90
2:10AM
1.33
7:11PM
0.93
3:13AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53PM
0.84
9:24AM
0.07
7:20PM
0.90
10:30AM
0.09
8:24PM
0.94
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:45-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-7:32-------7:34-------7:35------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121211111111111414141414131315171616151514141416
Feels °C (?)99999991211111212111214151415151514141516
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